Married in Perry County Ohio November 9, 1840 to Sarah Pickett Withers of Culpepper County Virginia. Father of US Senator Stephen Benton Elkins.
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) January 6, 1897 page 5:
Col. Philip Duncan Elkins, the father of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, who died Sunday, was buried yesterday at Elkins, W.Va. The pallbearers were members of the Elkins Masonic Lodge, to which Colonel Elkins belonged. Colonel Elkins was born in Fauquier county, Va., in 1809. He was living near Kansas City, Mo., when the war broke out, and he joined Price’s army and remained two years in the confederate service. His son, Senator Elkins, was a Union soldier. After the war he went to New Mexico and Colorado. For the last seven years he had lived with Senator Elkins. Colonel Elkins was a lifelong democrat and a close personal friend of Senator Thurman and Senator Thomas H. Benton of Missouri.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615) • [email protected]∼Phillip was born in Fauquier County, virginia and raised in Ohio.
He served as a volunteer in the Florida War of 1836.
In 1847 he and his wife, Sarah lived in Henry County, Missouri.
At the outbreak of the Civil War. he joined the Confederate Army taking his 16 year old son with him.
Phillip served as Colonel under General Sterling Price.
After his wife Sarah died, Phillip moved to Santa Fe. New Mexico.
No other data is known.
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) January 6, 1897 page 5:
Col. Philip Duncan Elkins, the father of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, who died Sunday, was buried yesterday at Elkins, W.Va. The pallbearers were members of the Elkins Masonic Lodge, to which Colonel Elkins belonged. Colonel Elkins was born in Fauquier county, Va., in 1809. He was living near Kansas City, Mo., when the war broke out, and he joined Price’s army and remained two years in the confederate service. His son, Senator Elkins, was a Union soldier. After the war he went to New Mexico and Colorado. For the last seven years he had lived with Senator Elkins. Colonel Elkins was a lifelong democrat and a close personal friend of Senator Thurman and Senator Thomas H. Benton of Missouri.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615) • [email protected]∼Phillip was born in Fauquier County, virginia and raised in Ohio.
He served as a volunteer in the Florida War of 1836.
In 1847 he and his wife, Sarah lived in Henry County, Missouri.
At the outbreak of the Civil War. he joined the Confederate Army taking his 16 year old son with him.
Phillip served as Colonel under General Sterling Price.
After his wife Sarah died, Phillip moved to Santa Fe. New Mexico.
No other data is known.
Married in Perry County Ohio November 9, 1840 to Sarah Pickett Withers of Culpepper County Virginia. Father of US Senator Stephen Benton Elkins.
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) January 6, 1897 page 5:
Col. Philip Duncan Elkins, the father of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, who died Sunday, was buried yesterday at Elkins, W.Va. The pallbearers were members of the Elkins Masonic Lodge, to which Colonel Elkins belonged. Colonel Elkins was born in Fauquier county, Va., in 1809. He was living near Kansas City, Mo., when the war broke out, and he joined Price’s army and remained two years in the confederate service. His son, Senator Elkins, was a Union soldier. After the war he went to New Mexico and Colorado. For the last seven years he had lived with Senator Elkins. Colonel Elkins was a lifelong democrat and a close personal friend of Senator Thurman and Senator Thomas H. Benton of Missouri.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615) • [email protected]∼Phillip was born in Fauquier County, virginia and raised in Ohio.
He served as a volunteer in the Florida War of 1836.
In 1847 he and his wife, Sarah lived in Henry County, Missouri.
At the outbreak of the Civil War. he joined the Confederate Army taking his 16 year old son with him.
Phillip served as Colonel under General Sterling Price.
After his wife Sarah died, Phillip moved to Santa Fe. New Mexico.
No other data is known.
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) January 6, 1897 page 5:
Col. Philip Duncan Elkins, the father of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, who died Sunday, was buried yesterday at Elkins, W.Va. The pallbearers were members of the Elkins Masonic Lodge, to which Colonel Elkins belonged. Colonel Elkins was born in Fauquier county, Va., in 1809. He was living near Kansas City, Mo., when the war broke out, and he joined Price’s army and remained two years in the confederate service. His son, Senator Elkins, was a Union soldier. After the war he went to New Mexico and Colorado. For the last seven years he had lived with Senator Elkins. Colonel Elkins was a lifelong democrat and a close personal friend of Senator Thurman and Senator Thomas H. Benton of Missouri.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615) • [email protected]∼Phillip was born in Fauquier County, virginia and raised in Ohio.
He served as a volunteer in the Florida War of 1836.
In 1847 he and his wife, Sarah lived in Henry County, Missouri.
At the outbreak of the Civil War. he joined the Confederate Army taking his 16 year old son with him.
Phillip served as Colonel under General Sterling Price.
After his wife Sarah died, Phillip moved to Santa Fe. New Mexico.
No other data is known.
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